Hedlund, Elof T., dentist D. D. S. – Portland – born
in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 29, 1881. His father had moved to America from
Stockholm, Sweden. Mr. Hedlund received his education at the New Orleans
elementary school, followed by Sophie B. Wright’s evening school where he was
elected valedictorian of his class. After three years of dentistry studies with
some of the most prominent dentists in the state, he enrolled at the College of
Dentistry in New Orleans, from which he received his degree as Doctor of dental
surgery in 1906. The same year he received his dentist license in Louisiana. He
moved to Oregon in 1909, passed the state requirements for an Oregon dentist
license, and in 1910 began working as a licensed dentist. He has his office in
the Washington Building at the corner of Washington and 4th St. He
has contributed several important articles on dentistry to Dental Summary.
He married Lillian Hancock in 1909 and they have one son, Elof Hancock, born in
September, 1910.